by Ted Shockley | Apr 1, 2023 | Headlines
A Pocomoke City, Md., woman was fatally injured Friday evening while crossing U.S. Route 13 at the T’s Corner intersection when she was hit by two southbound vehicles. Latasha Blake, 38, of the 400 block of Banks Street, Pocomoke City, sustained fatal wounds after...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — Imagine having medical supplies delivered in a flash to homes on Tangier Island — in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay — on small, personless aircraft. The concept is on its way to becoming reality. Nearly $1.9 million in federal...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 31, 2023 | Headlines, Uncategorized
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — More than $27 million has been appropriated for dredging of federal waterways on the Eastern Shore — covering the federal navigation improvements the Eastern Shore Regional Navigable Waterways Committee has been fighting for since...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
An Accomack County man was fatally injured in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday. Ricky Ricardo Jones, 63, of Parksley, died after being ejected from his vehicle, the state police said. At approximately 6:55 p.m., state police were called to investigate a two-vehicle...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY CAROL VAUGHN, Eastern Shore Post — The Eastern Shore’s state senator, Lynwood Lewis Jr., remembers well one of the first contentious issues he encountered while serving in the Virginia General Assembly. “Going back to the beginning, the first big issue I faced in...
by Ted Shockley | Mar 24, 2023 | Headlines
BY STEFANIE JACKSON, Eastern Shore Post — The Northampton schools budget for fiscal year 2024 will have a funding shortfall of nearly $1.2 million unless Virginia’s state budget provides additional funding for public education. The General Assembly passed only a...
